文档介绍：英语四级填词练****br/>(1)
There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever _I____ spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or how much _F____ it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is , how to encourage a child to express himself freely and __M___ in writing without holding him back with plexities of spelling? If spelling e the only focal point 焦点of his teacher’s interest, clearly a __4N__child will be likely to “play safe”谨慎行事,不冒险. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid __5E__ language. That’s why teachers often __6K__ the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability. I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience :“ This work is __7H__ !There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is illegible( 难以辨认的).” It may have been a sharp__8B__ of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted忽略 to read the essay, which __9C__ some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered on the child’s ideas,